The Laird-Packard way : unpacking defense acquisition policy / Brian M. Fredrickson, Major, USAF.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fredrickson, Brian M., author.

Contributor:

Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, issuing body.

Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College, issuing body.

Air University (U.S.). Press, publisher.

Series:

Wright flyer paper ; no. 74.

Wright flyer paper ; no. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Packard, David, 1912-1996.

Packard, David.

United States. Department of Defense--Management--History--20th century.

United States.

United States. Department of Defense--Procurement--History--20th century.

United States. Department of Defense.

United States--Armed Forces--Weapons systems--Purchasing.

Weapons systems--Purchasing--United States--History.

Weapons systems.

Armed Forces--Procurement.

Management.

Weapons systems--Purchasing.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 121 pages)

Other Title:

Unpacking defense acquisition policy

Place of Publication:

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center, 2020.

Summary:

"This paper contends that the study of David Packard, the co-founder of electronics firm giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) and one of the founding fathers of Silicon Valley, is essential for those who seek to understand better the realm of defense acquisition (the battles before the battle). David Packard served as deputy secretary of defense between January 1969 and December 1971, significantly influencing modern defense acquisition policy and playing a critical role in the birth of fourth-generation airpower. This research focuses on the lessons learned from Packard's experience, some developmental programs in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and the impact of those programs on Packard's acquisition reform movement. Specific programs visited include the C-5, F-111, F-14, B-1, the A-X Competition, the Lightweight Fighter (LWF) Competition (YF-16, YF-17), and the Advanced Medium Short Take-off and Landing (STOL) Transport (AMST) Competition (YC14, YC-15). Packard's three prototyping competitions, the A-X, AMST, and LWF, resulted in the rise of the A-10, F-16, F/A-18, and C-17. Within the realm of defense acquisition, lessons learned from these developmental programs are analogous to lessons learned from battles and operational campaigns, while the evolution of acquisition policy is analogous to the evolution of warfighting doctrine. Packard's approach to acquisition, not the platforms themselves, is at the center of this study."--Abstract

Contents:

Introduction

Part I : the man

Part II : the situation

Part III : devising an approach

Part IV : the three cogs

Part V : Packard's program by program approach to reform

Part VI : Packard's hail Mary

the advanced prototyping initiative

Conclusion.

Notes:

"Air University, Air Command and Staff College."

"Accepted by Air University Press April 2018 and published March 2020"--Page ii

Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-121).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Air University Press website, viewed on March 10, 2020).

OCLC:

1143764286